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problemshed

problemshed noun: a region particularly relevant to certain ecological and socio-economic problems, especially when viewed as a unit of management and policymaking.

Noun

problemshed (plural problemsheds)

  1. (environmental management) A region particularly relevant to certain ecological and socio-economic problems, especially when viewed as a unit of management and policymaking.
    • Moreover, because environmental problems themselves have indistinct boundaries, the problemshed itself is necessarily an artificial, indistinct, and impermanent entity.2009, H. Doremus, “CALFED and the quest for optimal institutional fragmentation”, in Environmental Science & Policy, volume 12, number 6, pages 729–732
    • These different patterns of livestock movement imply problemsheds encompassing an extent anywhere from two neighbouring conservancies all the way up to all of northern Kenya.2015, E. Ontiri, L. W. Robinson, North lowland Ewaso Ngiro rangelands: Initial system analysis: International Livestock Research Institute report to the LGACC project, page 1

Examples of problemshed in a sentence

  • What can we learn from the World Bank and other third parties working to increase transboundary water cooperation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed?2017, P. Hanasz, “Muddy waters: International actors and transboundary water cooperation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed”, in Water...
  • Issues of livestock survival lie at the heart of the Karamoja–Turkana Complex (KTC) – the problemshed at the centre of water management challenges in the region.2022, A. Nicol, L. Debevec, S. O. Ayaru, “Water and complex problemsheds in Karamoja, Uganda”, in Water International, volume 47, number 6...

Forms of problemshed

pluralproblemsheds

Origin of problemshed

From problem + shed, modelled after watershed (“a drainage basin”).

Questions about problemshed

What does problemshed mean?
Problemshed means a region particularly relevant to certain ecological and socio-economic problems, especially when viewed as a unit of management and policymaking.
How do you use problemshed in a sentence?
What can we learn from the World Bank and other third parties working to increase transboundary water cooperation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed?
What part of speech is problemshed?
Problemshed is a noun.
What is the plural of problemshed?
The plural of problemshed is problemsheds.

Words near problemshed in the dictionary

  1. problemizing
  2. problemless
  3. problemo
  4. problemos
  5. problems
  6. problemshed
  7. problemsheds
  8. problemsolver
  9. problemsolvers
  10. problemsome
  11. problemwise

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